US1339578A - Faucet-supporting means - Google Patents

Description

M. c. ROSENFELD.

FAUCET SUPPQRTJNG MEANS.

APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 16. 1916.

1,83 9,578. Patented M y 11, 1920.

MORTIMER C. ROSENFELD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FAUCETSUPPORTING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed June 16, 1916. Serial No. 103,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTIMER C. RosnN- rnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement yin Faucet-Supporting Means, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improved means for supporting faucets within barrels or other containers during storage and shipment, and wherewith the faucets are intended for subsequent use; and the invention has for its object to provide means whereby a faucet may be supported within a barrel or the like against liability of dislodgment, and into which the faucet may be readily placed and from which it may as conveniently be removed.

In order to support the faucet far enough within the container to meet all practical requirements, it is necessary for the supporting means to extend some distance into the container. This gives rise to a further object of my invention, and that is to provide the supporting means with openings located substantially flush with the inner surface of the container and through which the container may be completely drained. I

In the accompanying drawing I have shown an embodiment of my invention wherein the foregoing objects are attained, and while I will proceed to describe the same in detail, it may be taken merely as illustrative, the scope of the invention being coextensive with the terms of the annexed claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional side elevation of a barrel equipped with the faucet supporting means of my invention and showing the same supporting a faucet within the barrel; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the barrel, inverted as for the purpose of draining; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the faucet supporting means detached from the barrel; Fig. 4 is a view of the supporting means from the inside, showing a faucet being inserted therethrough; Fig. 5 is a view of the same parts from the outside and showing a faucet within the supporting means; and Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of the barrel with the faucet removed from the supporting means and applied to the bung, as in readiness for use.

I have shown my supporting means as applied to the head 1 of a metal barrel 2, although it will be understoodthat the same may be located on the side of. the barrel, if for any reason such an arrangement were preferred, and that it maybe associated with other sorts of containers.

The supporting means, which is represented generally at 5 in the drawing, may be formed of cast metal, drawn from sheet metal, or produced by any other suitable method. In any event, it preferably comprises a wall 6, from the outer end of which a flange 7 extends laterally at substantially right angles, and from diametrically opposite sides of the inner end of which segmental flanges 8 extend inward. Between adjacent ends of the opposed flanges 8, the wall 6 is provided with notches or drain openings 9 which extend from the inner end. of the wall 6 to within a distance of the inner surface of the'flange 7 corresponding, substantially, to the thickness of the material of the barrel or container. Through these notches the container may be completely exhausted of its liquid contents. The supporting means may be secured to the barrel by any suitable medium as, for instance, by welding. It may be explained, at this time, that in the case of metal barrels,

the supporting means may be formed as an integral part of the barrel. That is to say, the material of the barrel may be punched and formed to constitute the supporting means, and since such an alternative form is so obvious, specific illustration thereof is deemed unnecessary.

The faucet that is intended for use in connection with my supporting means is composed, generally, of a tubular body 15, having one of its ends threaded at 16, and its opposite end turned laterally at a slight an gle from its longitudinal axis and provided with. a valve member having an operating handle 17, the spout 18 of the faucet extending laterally from the last mentioned end of the body portion in the direction opposite to that toward which the end is inclined. An enlargement 19, preferably shaped to constitute a wrench receiving portion, separates the threaded end 16 from the central body portion, and such enlargement is of a diameter slightly less than the internal diameter of the wall 6 of the supporting member. yet greater than the distance between the inner edges of the opposed segmental flanges 8, I

The faucet may be inserted through the supporting member in the manner illus trated in Fig. 4, the spaces between the ends of the segmental flanges 8 permitting the spout 18 and the operating handle 17 to clear. l/Vhenthese parts are passed through the supporting means, the faucet may be dropped until its enlargement 19 bears upon the flanges 18 where it will be securely suspended'biy these engaging portions against any possible liability of dislodgment.

Other devices have been made for prac tica-lly-the same purpose as that for which my. device has been=produced, but none, so far as I am aware, is proof against the fancet becoming detached from thesupporting means and lost within the barrel, through the tumbling and arring of the barrel in transportation. The difficulties experienced through the dislodgment of the faucet can wellbe appreciated and emphasize the advantage of having the faucet supported absolutely against dislodgmentin the manner provided by my invention.

The interior of the supporting member is threaded for the reception of a plug 20, having a wrench receiving portion 21, and the inner end of the plug is provided witha recess22. for the accommodation of the threaded end 16 of the faucet, when thefaucet is in the supporting means and the plug in place. The barrel is equipped with a bung that may be provided with an internally threaded bushing 25 for the reception of the threaded end 16 of the-faucet, when it is desired toplace the barrel in condition for use; In such condition, the opening occu- 1 pied'by'the faucet supporting means is, of

course, closed by the plug 21. During shipment or storageywhen the faucet is removed from the bung, the bung may be closed by a plug A Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. Means for supporting a faucet of the type having an enlargement immediately in ward of its threaded end, said means comprising an internally threaded tubular member having opposed segmental flanges extending inwardly from its inner end and against which the enlargement of the faucet is arranged to bear when the faucet is inserted front end foremostthrough the memher, the member having drain notches be tween said flanges, and a threaded plug for closing the outer end of the member, the plug having a non-threaded recess for the V accommodation of the threaded end of the faucet.

2. Means for supporting a faucet of the type having an enlargement immediately inward of its threaded end, said means comprising a tubular member having opposed segmental flanges extending inwardly from itsinner end and against which the enlargement of the faucet is arranged to bear when the faucet is inserted front end foremost through the member, the wall of the member being provided with. drain notches between adjacent ends of the opposed flanges, and means for closing the outer end of the tubular member.

I11 testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signature.

MORTIMER C. ROSENFELD.

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